Nonetheless, it acknowledges that its construction processes it implemented was not in accordance to correct procedures.
NGOs have alleged that Sinohydro, a Chinese state-owned enterprise China’s biggest dam builder, improper construction practices in the dam were widespread and pose concerns for its future safety.

Why public appearance by dissident/opposition or non-regime group can cause riot-as warned by the Burmese regime? (see attachment below).Who would provoke/instigate such a riot? The dissident group themselves don’t seems to be the possible actor-then who?Are the regimes leaders/spokepersons talking about themselves that they will instigate violence against the Opposition/non-regime group when they appear in the public? Are they harbouring a 1-party rule ideology such that any activities outside their group would be crushed by violence if need be?

Myanmar’s government warns Suu Kyi planned tour could cause riots

As if it is a give away on UMNO/BN’s diffidence Najib the BN/UMNO chairman reportedly gave hint that 13th GE may be around the corner-which means some where before this year’s end, from the state farthest from the nation’s capital viz Sabah. And that is the survival tactics of BN/UMNO ie to hang on to these far away states where its weaknesses are lesser known! After Mar 8th 2008 general elections the political geography of the country has changed dramatically: BN/UMNO has been left the southern states in the Penisular and its political life depend on the 54 parliamentary seats in East Malaysia. If the trend continues it may lose power at federal level in the coming general elections. Whether this will happen depend on the trend. After winning in a string of by-elections in the southern states in Penisular UMNO felt that it had stalled the advancing trend of the PR -but still try to invest heavily in the East Malaysia to assure the half-century alliance that there is still future to its rule. UMNO/BN or more specifically the PM who heads it, has been wavering between putting up a gung-ho fight in the capital/Opposition stronghold to win back the lost grounds, or to streangthen its holds on the Southern Penisular and East Malaysian `fixed deposit’ states. Thus if UMNO/BN chief choose to go back to its surer backyards to rally its forces the pointer is more towards an BN/UMNO which is caught in its defensive back-foot!

Why BN is scared of Bersih rally? In a way they let it out themselves -that the Bersih rally will lead to their downfall! Even though the Bersih organisers only want to press for electoral reform rather than Jasmine revolution that went around the Constitutional framework the BN is scared of the possibility that the rally will turn into their worst dread: being over thrown. But since BN chairman Najib boast that they don’t want to be around without the peoples support, and that they don’t want to win by cheating then what is there to fear? Winning and losing should be a normality in any democracy-not something to fear overly. There is still life after a lose. but Najib proceeded to say: there is no runner up in elections-he didnt say it-but it only applies in Malaysia. In many other countries the winners don’t take all. Power is shared in all levels of government-unlike the Malaysian situation where the federal government almost control everything. In any case the strong point raised by Rajapetra here is worth taking note of:

The male detainees chosed to go topless after their Bersih and party t-shirts were confistcated by police, as a sign of protest. Women detainees loaned the guy's shirts to cover themselves. 14 persons from DAP and PKR were detained for promoting Bersih rally pronounced as `illegal' arbitrarily by Home Minister Hishammuddin.

Update: Dr Lee Boon Chye and 2 others who were arrested the day before had been released too.

If Najib claim it can mobilise 3mil -apparently refering to its 3mil members, to a public assembly-why not? But that is not a reason to stop others from organising a 300k rally! Or is it a case of blowing hot air to suppress the citizens’ right to peaceful assembly Najib claim that assemblying his 3mil army will be `irresponsible’ -why? Does he think that they can then take the laws into their own hands? So far the UMNO assemblies have been lacking attendants-so the only way they can do it is to loan people from the civil servants and pay people to become rent-a-mob. Looking back at the million youth assembly the highest concentration of attendants were only 2000 at 1 time. The organiser claim that the people who come and go during the entire event could come to 1 mil. So much for UMNO’s hot air which depend on abusing government’s expenditures and personnel.

1. The National Registration Department offered to share data base between NRD, EC and the Police. This far they keep separate data on the citizens causing many discrepancies. The automatic registration proposal from the election watchdogs have been based on the idea that the sharing of data will save costs and personnel for all concerned.

2.New system of EC data allow voters to find put who else are registered in a voters’ address/home. This follow PKR’s Azmin Ali complaining of unknown people using their home address to register as voters.Actually this problem had been noticed and exposed many times during all previous elections;